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6th ANNUAL WORLDWIDE OPFOR CONFERENCE

"IMPLICATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE
CONTEMPORARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT "

PURPOSE

• Update The Army's
OPFOR community
of evolving Army
doctrine and
organizations

•Gather user
perspectives of
draft OPFOR
doctrine

•Gain insight on
draft OE
resourcing
strategy

•Share CTC OPFOR
TTPs

•Hear from the
field. ..CTC & USAR
OPFORs and

METHOD

•Briefings on Army
doctrine, IBCT
and Objective
Force

•Briefings on
OPFOR doctrine &
tactics, CTC OE
resourcing
strategy and CTC
OE validation
strategy

•Working group
analyses of
OPFOR doctrine &
tactics and CTC
OE resourcing
strategy

•CTC OPFORs brief

p a rt i c i p a nts on

uniauA TTPs

ENDSTATE

•Feedback

•Ememing

OPFOIT

doctrine

•Evolving CTC
OE validation
strategy

•CTC OE

resourcing

plan

•Common
situational
awareness of OE
implementation
implications

•Clearly defined

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DAY 1: END STATE OBJECTIVES

1. Common understanding of evolving Army doctrine,
organizations, CTCs and implications for the OPFOR program.

2. Foundation laid for Day 2 - Participants prepared to receive
briefings and conduct analysis of selected OPFOR doctrine.

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CT & THE OBJECTIVE FORCE

CTC TRANSFORMATION

fC OE VALIDATION STRATEGY

•PARTICIPANTS INFORMED IN NEAR AND MID-
TERM CHANGES TO ARMY DOCTRINE,
ORGANIZATIONS & THE CTC PROGRAM

•PARTICIPANTS PREPARED TO DISCUSS & ANALYZE
EMERGING OPFOR DOCTRINE & RESOURCING
STRATEGY FOR CTC OE

DAY 2: END STATE OBJECTIVES

1. Participants analyze selected OPFOR strategic and operational
doctrine and backbrief ADCST-W.

2. Foundation laid for Day 3 - Participants prepared to receive
briefings and conduct analysis of OE resourcing strategy.

DAY 3: END STATE OBJECTIVES

1. Participants analyze OE resourcing strategy and backbrief
ADCST-W.

2. CTCs share lessons gained from Army experiments and other

experiences adapting the OPFOR to meet BLUFOR training

RESOURCING STRATEGY FOR OE

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TRANSFORMATION

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CTC EXPERIENCE WITH
OPTING THEIR ENVIRONME

CLEAR PATH AHEAD

•USER INSIGHTS OF OE
RESOURCING STRATEGY, ID
AREAS FOR FINE-TUNING,
PROVIDE RECOMMENDED
SOLUTIONS

5 th OPFOR CONFERENCE: END STATE

1. Common OPFOR Operating Picture.

2. Insights for BLUFOR and OPFOR.

3. Clearly defined path ahead.

WHITE PAPER

BLUFOR KSA

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[ECTIVE AND INTERIM FORC

•Comments incorporated into new
OPFOR Doctrine

• KSA analysis evolved into
Contemporary Operational Environing
Task Laydown

•Objective Force and IBCT
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•Verified Variables
•Appropriate for

•Focus on
Warfighter
Themes

Stressed CTCs as
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•Basic

understanding of
both forces

•ID'd vulnerablities

6th ANNUAL WORLDWIDE OPFOR CONFERENCE

Issues From 5 th Annual Conference

ISSUE

ACTION

00-01:

Status of OE implementation

Closed

00-02:

Status of TSD threat data warehouse

Onqoinq

00-03:

OPFOR Conference Website

Closed

00-04:

Scope of OPFOR Validation Visits

Ongoing

00-05:

OPFOR POI forUSAR Divisions (TS)

Closed

00-06:

Compromising of OPFOR standards during USAR training events

Closed

00-07:

Status of New OPFOR Manuals

Ongoing

00-08:

Frequency of OPFOR Conferences

Closed

00-09:

Laydown of Required Capabilities for each CTC

Closed

00-10: Active duty training standardization Officer at 91st Div (TS)

Closed

00-11:

Revised CAPSTONE process for OPFOR Modernization

Ongoing

00-12:

Implementation of the OE into the Total Arm/ Training System

Ongoing